Roller-support for movable doors.



` No. 845,134. h

A ff L. J. SMITH. H f

ROLLER-SUPPORT FOR MOVABLE DOORS.-

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA 14.1906.

III

LEE J. SMITH, oF. WANNEE, FLORIDA.

ROLLER-SUPPRT FR MOVBLE ORS.

Specification of Letters Patent.` Application filed May 1,4. 1906. Seriallo, 316.338.

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T0- all whom itY mafycon/cern:

Be it known that I, LEE J..SM1TH, a citizen,` of the UnitedStates, residing at Wannee, in' the county of Alachua andlState of Florida, have invented certain new' and -useful lime' 'pjrovements in Roller'Supports for-Movablev oors, of'Whichy the'follovvings a specifics.

tion.

This invention relates to vbracketsfor' freightcar and other doors. One objectof the `invention is to provide; a

Ibracket adapted tomovably ,supportV andv ide doorsv vof various description.

Another object resides in the provision of a;

bracket carrying a roller and-constructed and arranged to `support and guide Y, freight car doors-effectively, the roller being so arranged in the bracket as to prevent 'grain or other material becoming clogged between .the 'roller and bracket.

With the above and other objects inlvieW the present invention consists in the .'combina` tion and arrangement of parts hereinafter ref ferred to, shown in the accompanying-drawings, and particularly pointed out the ap` pendedvclaim, p

.Inthedra Figure'l is asideelevation of a portion ofarreight-c arzdooir arranged with 1 relationto-one ofmyirnproved brackets. Fig. '2 is a longitudinalse'ctionview of the inven-v tion,a.portionof. thedoor andthe roller bef ing shown injlevation; andll ig. 3 isa transf,A

verse sectional 'viewof the invention, the rollerbeing shown in elevation. 'Referringnow'more particularly to, the. ac-

. companying-'d1av\'fings,v there, is shown a freight-car or other-door .1 ,'adaptedto be sliddesigned to support the.. roller.

The bracketconsists-of a securing-plate t and a guiding-plate. 5,' disposed in spaced re.l lat-ion to each other by the. spaced connecting-Webs-, one end 'of each `web being' enf larged withits inner` face tapered tojcorre-y spondwith the curvatureof the periphery 'of y ably supported. upon onef'or more rollers 2. an guided irrits movement by a bracket 3,.

I the roller 2,l 'and thereby 'form the oppo-Y 1er sitely-disposed .lips 7, overhanging'thero v to prevent lclogging of grain or other material .between-thevvebs and the roller.

By reasonof these'lips Y .the roller cannot be placed Within the bracketl or removed tlfierefromby .Way of the lips, end of vthebracket isfless thanthe diameter of because the opening 8 at this the roller. r 'Howeventhe opposite end of 'the lopeningl 8 1s not contracted, but'efsuch size .y as. to permtjofthe' insertion ci' renoval'of the roller. A

The rollerv 2' may be mounted -upcn any suitable shaft; but ntliedravvin'gs I illus trate a shaft 9, having ahead 10, adapted to lie against the Aouter when the opposite screw-threaded end l1 is fitted in the screw-threaded perfor-ation 12 in the securingfplate .4. roller-.shaft may be of any other-form', and it may be otherwise supported, but preferably As just intimated, the

arrangedtso as to per-.Init part of the roller to lieabove the upperedge ofthe securing-plate y4; to engage the'under'edge ofthe door 1.

The securingfplate 4: is pro-vided With 'per v'foratijonsl 13, through which lsuitable fastenings (not-shown) vmay be passed to secure the bracket toa car 4 neath the door, and as the/latter is moved face'fof the guide-plate l (not shown) immediately beover the roller the ange 114 of the'gu'idingf plate presentsitsjinner face to! the" outerof the. door and'fpr'operly guides. the latter.

' What 'claimed is l n .A

A bracket -conziprsing a. securing-plate and a guidingsplateconnectcd by spacedvc ebsv to,

,form an opening, 4a guiding-plate extending' above --thessecurin,r ;-plate.and a roller mount- 'edin said opening, the upper 'inner edges of-l sa'id'webs overhanging the roller.

In testimony whereof Ihave signedV Vmy namel to ,this speciiication in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

LEE J. sMiTH. Witnesses:

, CIW. SHOEMAKER,

'MQ KATE MORJLARTY. 

